Editing Sandefjord (section)

=== Viking history ===
{{See also|Gokstad ship}}
[[File:Gokstad viking ship -excavation.jpg|thumb|The 9th century [[Gokstad Ship]] was discovered in Sandefjord.]]
Sandefjord has been inhabited for thousands of years.<ref name="TS" />{{rp|6}} Excavations indicate that people have inhabited Sandefjord for around 3,000 years. Rock carvings at Haugen farm by [[Istrehågan]] in Jåberg are dated to 1,500–500 BCE.<ref name="gonorway.no">{{Cite web |title=Sandefjord |url=http://www.gonorway.no/norway/counties/vestfold/sandefjord/7635e3a768b71b0/index.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180619042655/http://gonorway.no/norway/counties/vestfold/sandefjord/7635e3a768b71b0/index.html |archive-date=2018-06-19 |access-date=2017-12-28 |website=Gonorway.no}}</ref> Haugen farm is home to Vestfold county's largest [[petroglyph]] site.<ref name="SB04">{{Cite book |last=Børresen |first=Svein E. |title=Vestfoldboka: en reise i kultur og natur |publisher=Skagerrak forlag |year=2004 |isbn=9788292284070 |language=no}}</ref>{{rp|38}} In 1961–1962, 78 rock carvings were discovered at the site. They consist of ships, spiral figures, circular hollows, and much more.<ref name="HKB2000">{{Cite book |last=Bertelsen |first=Hans Kristian |url=https://urn.nb.no/URN:NBN:no-nb_digibok_2016022448041 |title=Sandefjord i bilder |publisher=Grafisk studio forlag |year=2000 |isbn=8290636024 |trans-title=Sandefjord in pictures}}</ref>{{rp|88}}

The Vikings lived in Sandefjord and surrounding areas about 1,000 years ago, and numerous Viking artifacts and monuments can be found in Sandefjord.<ref name="visitnorway.com">{{Cite web |title=Sandefjord – In the footsteps of the Vikings |url=https://www.visitnorway.com/places-to-go/eastern-norway/sandefjord/ |access-date=2017-12-28 |website=Visitnorway.com}}</ref> One of the most important remains from the [[Viking Age]] was found at the grave site ''[[Gokstadhaugen]]'' (Gokstad Mound) in Sandefjord. The [[Gokstad ship]] was excavated by [[Nicolay Nicolaysen]] and is now in the [[Viking Ship Museum in Oslo]]. The ''[[Viking (replica Viking longship)|Viking]]'', an exact replica of the Gokstad ship, crossed the Atlantic Ocean from [[Bergen]] to be exhibited at the [[World's Columbian Exposition]] in Chicago in 1893. A [[replica]] of the Gokstad ship, called ''[[Gaia ship|Gaia]]'', currently has Sandefjord as home port.<ref name="SG">{{Cite book |last=Gjerseth |first=Simen |url=https://urn.nb.no/URN:NBN:no-nb_digibok_2020092207664 |title=Nye Sandefjord |publisher=Liv forlag |year=2016 |isbn=9788283301137 |language=no}}</ref>{{rp|277}}<ref name="gonorway.no" /> Other known replicas include the ''Munin'', (a half scale replica) located in Vancouver, Canada.

The Gokstad Ship, Norway's largest preserved Viking ship, was discovered during an excavation at [[Gokstad Mound]] in 1880. The Vikings first settled here due to its speedy route from Sandefjord and along the coast.<ref name="www.sandefjord.no">{{Cite web |title=Local history and heritage |url=http://www.sandefjord.no/en/new-residents/facts-and-history-about-sandefjord/local-history-and-heritage/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171209100007/http://www.sandefjord.no/en/new-residents/facts-and-history-about-sandefjord/local-history-and-heritage/ |archive-date=2017-12-09 |access-date=2017-12-28 |website=Sandefjord.no}}</ref> Viking settlements and grave sites have been discovered in Sandefjord.<ref name="FS04">{{Cite book |last=McKay |first=D. |title=Fodor's Scandinavia |publisher=Fodor Travel Publications |year=2004 |isbn=9781400013401 |edition=10}}</ref>{{rp|397}}

Sandefjord functioned as a seaport defined by the twin industries of shipping and shipbuilding throughout the 1600s and 1700s. It was formally recognized as a market town ([[kjøpstad]]) by [[Oscar I of Sweden|King Oscar]] in 1845. Its population at the time was 749 residents.<ref name="www.sandefjord.no" />